Generation of the potent anti-malarial drug artemisinin in tobacco

Moran Farhi*, Elena Marhevka, Julius Ben-Ari, Anna Algamas-Dimantov, Zhuobin Liang, Vardit Zeevi, Orit Edelbaum, Ben Spitzer-Rimon, Hagai Abeliovich, Betty Schwartz, Tzvi Tzfira, Alexander Vainstein

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1072-1074
Number of pages3
JournalNature Biotechnology
Volume29
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2011

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Funding Information:
We thank I. Kaye for his support and assistance. This work was partially funded by the Israel Science Foundation grant nos. 269/09 and 432/10, F.I.R.S.T. 432/10 and BARD grant no. US-4322-10. A.V. is an incumbent of the Wolfson Chair in Floriculture.

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